Navjot Singh Sidhu Steps down as the Punjab Congress Chief after Sonia Gandhi’s decree.

Devanshi Jajware

March 17, 2022

Navjot Singh Sidhu Steps down as the Punjab Congress Chief after Sonia Gandhi’s decree.

New Delhi, INDIA: Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu gestures during the launch of an online Mutliplayer cricket game in New Delhi, 19 December 2006. Sidhu, a cricketer-turned-politician, has moved a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and three years sentence by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case of a road rage death. He was convicted for causing the death of an elderly man on a Patiala street 18 years ago. The High Court on 06 Decmeber had suspended his sentence till January 2007 to enable him to appeal in the apex court. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Navjot Singh Sidhu, former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress committee resigned after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asked PCC presidents of Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur to resign from their respective posts. This was done in order to expedite the reestablishment of the party. He handed his resignation on Wednesday.

He shared the information about his resignation on Twitter through his Twitter handle.

He tweeted “ As desired by the Congress president I have sent my resignation……”, followed by a picture of the letter of his resignation from the post.

“I hereby resign as president(PPCC)”- the letter reads.

The Congress faced despicable defeat in Punjab winning only 18 seats. Sidhu lost to AAP’s Jeevanjot Kaur by 6,750 votes, while AAP swapped 92 seats.

Also, several candidates claimed mismanagement in the Punjab Congress Committee.